624. The poor Creature Walks Amongst Us in 1956!

                   Man, how far our favorite Creature has fallen- reduced to an air-breather!

Sven- The Invisible Ray (1936)

 

From Wiki- The Invisible Ray is a 1936 American science-fiction horror film directed by Lambert Hillyer. It stars Boris Karloff as Dr. Janos Rukh, a scientist who comes in contact with a meteorite composed of an element known as "Radium X". After exposure to its rays begins to make him glow in the dark, his touch becomes deadly, and he begins to be slowly driven mad.  He ends up going out in a burst of flame.  I guess it is better to burn out than to fade away, my my , hey hey,

The Invisible Ray (1936) trailer

                  

Werewolf By Night (2022)

 

The heirs of Ulysses Bloodstone (and more monster hunters) gather to see who will receive the Bloodstone.  This will allow them to destroy more monsters.  Jack Russel shows up as well, but he is not there to get the stone.  He is there to rescue a friend from these monster demolishers.  There is also some family drama going on, as Vanessa Bloodstone left the family and doesn't seem to be as bloodthirsty as some of the other hunters.  With the help of Vanessa, Jack does free his friend Ted, also known as the Man-Thing.  Jack and Vanessa get caught.  The hunters use the Bloodstone to bring out the wolf in Jack, who wreaks a terrible amount of destruction on them, but remembers Vanessa and spares her.   Jack leaves and Vanessa assumes the throne of the Bloodstones.

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man trailer

                     

Sven- Dracula (1931)

 

Growing up in Colorado, KWGN Channel 2 aired a lot of Universal movies.  Sunday afternoons were filled with creatures, vampires, werewolves and mummies on a regular basis.  A certain genius friend of mine found out many years later that the station's programmer loved those movies, which is why they showed up all the time.  He also provided us with many Japanese monster movies as well.  So all of these Universal horror movies seem like old friends when I watch them now.  Of course, I see the films in a different light these days, and I don't always remember some of the fun details of the movies.  I think I was also doing other things while the movies were on, like talking to my brother or reading a comic book.  The world may never know now, though.

Frankenstein meets Wolfman

Two grave robbing idiots open up the Talbot family crypt and expose Larry's corpse to moonlight.  This was a really bad idea.  The werewolf curse returns and so does the Wolfman.  Larry wants an end to his life and enlist the help of Dr Mannering and Maleva.  The old gypsy woman tells Talbot of Dr Frankenstein, and eventually he meets the Baroness.  Mannering tries to help him, but succumbs to the idea of reviving the monster completely.  A moronic townsman blows up the dam and supposedly drowns the monsters.

Lou and Jr

my favorite Abbott and Costello movie, and my favorite Universal Frankenstein movie.


I don't remember the first time I saw this, but I know I have loved this movie nearly all of my adult life. it was not the first Classic Universal monster movie I saw, but it's the one I've watched the most.  plus Larry Talbot is the good guy, so I like that a lot as well. even the trailer is a crack up.